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Wheaton is a city in and the county seat of Traverse County, Minnesota, that
lies along the Mustinka River. U.S. Highway 75 and Minnesota Highway 27
are two of the main routes in the city. According to the United
States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.80 square miles
(4.66 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 1,020 feet (311 m).

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,424 people,
655 households, and 370 families residing in the city.
The population density was 791.1 inhabitants per square
mile (305.4/km2). There were 834 housing units at an
average density of 463.3 per square mile (178.9/km2).
The racial makeup of the city was 97.4% White, 0.6%
African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1%
Pacific Islander, 0.2% from other races, and 1.0% from
two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were
1.5% of the population.

There were 655 households of which 21.8% had children
under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married
couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder
with no husband present, 2.0% had a male householder
with no wife present, and 43.5% were non-families. 39.8%
of all households were made up of individuals and 24%
had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or
older. The average household size was 2.08 and the
average family size was 2.79.

The median age in the city was 49.5 years. 20.4% of
residents were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between
the ages of 18 and 24; 18.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.3%
were from 45 to 64; and 31.5% were 65 years of age or
older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.2% male and
52.8% female.

WHEATON, which succeeded Browns Valley in 1886 as the
county seat, is a city in sections 17-20 of Lake Valley Township, named
in honor of Daniel Thompson Wheaton of Morris, a surveyor for the Fargo
and Southern Railroad. He advised that this new village be named
Swedenburg in compliment to the Swedish owners of its site, Swan C. and
Ole Odenborg, but they preferred to give it this name of the surveyor.
He was born in Barre, Vt., January 21, 1845; was graduated at Dartmouth
College, 1869; came to Minnesota in 1871 and settled at Morris in 1876;
was county surveyor of Stevens County, 1877-1910. The city was
incorporated as a village on May 25, 1887; it was first platted on
September 1, 1884. The post office began in 1879 as Lake Valley,
changing to Wheaton in 1884. It had a station of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railroad.